Gunnar Branson | CEO of AFIRE

During this week’s episode of Leading Voices in Real Estate, Gunnar Branson, CEO of AFIRE (https://www.afire.org/), speaks with Matt about current issues facing the CRE business, including his thoughts on what is driving foreign capital into U.S. real estate right now as we are moving forward from the Covid crisis. As CEO of AFIRE, the Association for International Real Estate Investors, Gunnar leads the trade group with nearly 200 leading global institutional investors, investment managers, and supporting partners from 24 countries representing approximately $3 trillion in real estate assets under management in the U.S. Prior, Gunnar was CEO of NAREIM (https://www.nareim.org/), the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers. Gunnar is also the host of The AFIRE Podcast (https://www.afire.org/podcast/) where he deep dives with business leaders on specific topics, strategies, and issues in the global real estate business.